AL AIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AAU E-NEWSLETTER Issued by the Public Relation Office at AAU Contact us: [email protected] www.aau.ac.ae | 800-2468648 Al Ain Tel: +971 3 7024888 | Fax: +971 3 7024777 | P.O.Box: 64141 Abu Dhabi Tel: +971 2 4444696 | Fax: +971 2 4444304 | P.O.Box: 112612 /AAU.UAE @AAU_UAE AAU_UAE 1 Issue 50 - MARCH 2016 AAU Concluded the workshop on “Curricular Design and Delivery” Al Ain University of Science and Technology concluded the workshop on “Curricular Design and Delivery”, which was launched in the Abu Dhabi campus, in conjunction with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) international. The workshop was presented by Prof. Janet Engle –Executive Associate Dean and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, and Prof. Joseph DiPiro – Dean, Professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, which has been continued for two days. AAU students get the third best pharmacy student thematic poster award Following to their participation in DUPHAT, a group of students from the College of Pharmacy at the University took the third best pharmacy student thematic poster award, and the fifth best pharmacy student quality poster award. On this occasion Dr. Noor Atatreh –AAU Chancellor- commented that the university’s participation in the exhibition is mainly to focus on the importance of employing scholars in scientific conferences and exhibitions that introduce them to the latest developments. AAU concluded the “3RD Scientific Excellence Competition” Al Ain University of Science and Technology concluded the “Scientific Excellence Competition” for the third time at the Al Ain campus, which has been continued until March 14th , 2016. The participants were the high school students from Al Ain Educational Zone. AAU President Greeted the University President of Yahia Fares Algeria A continuation by AAU in consolidating the bonds of international cooperation in the academic field, Prof. Ghaleb El Refae – AAU President of Al Ain University of Science and Technology, greeted Prof. Ahmed Zaghdar -President of Yahia Fares Algeria University. The College of Pharmacy organized a workshop on “Molecular Docking, Virtual Screening & Biologics Discovery” The College of Pharmacy at Al Ain University of Science and Technology organized a workshop on “Molecular Docking, Virtual Screening & Biologics Discovery” at Al Ain Campus, which lasted for two days . The workshop was presented by Mr. R.Raghu –Vice President- and Dr. Pritesh from SCHRODINGER company under the supervision of Dr. Mohammad Ghattas, Assistant Prof. in the College of Pharmacy. A Delegation from King Faisal University visits Al Ain University In the framework of the consolidation of external and internal relations between Al Ain University of Science and Technology and the international institutions, Prof. Ghaleb al-Refae AAU President, greeted Dr. Khaled Bin Ibrahim Al Husain, Dean of College of Law at King Faisal University, and his entourage Dr. Nashaat Mahmoud Al Abdullah, Faculty Member at College of Law, and Mr. Mohammad Bin Abdulmajeed Al Afqani, Director of Administration at the King Faisal University, under the supervision of Dr. Hussein El Mougy, Dean of College of Law at AAU, and the Deputy Dean Dr. Ahmed Al Jobair.